But it comes at a cost and neighborhoods are trying to make it more affordable.

"One of the reasons we wanted to move here to Broadmoor is because of all the community engagement," said Ryan Mast, who moved to the neighborhood three months ago.

Mast wants to put cameras on his new home and he's already plugged into an initiative that would help make it more affordable.

"We recognize that even at the discounted rate of around $450 total, it's going to be out of reach for a lot of the neighbors. So what we wanted to do was find a way to sort of reduce that cost," Mast said.

The neighborhood association is trying to raise $15,000 through the online fundraising site Indiegogo.com to help pay for 100 residential cameras. They would be monitored by Project NOLA, an anti-crime group.

"When we see people as well as you're seeing me now, you can't say you weren't there when we have video of you there doing the bad thing," said Bryan Lagarde, the director of Project NOLA.

Lagarde said Project NOLA is in constant communication with police and it monitors scanner activity.

"And when something bad happens we're able to provide real-time supplemental information by pulling up the cameras in that particular neighborhood, looking for the perpetrator that they're looking for and letting them know additional information," Lagarde said.

Project NOLA operates about 420 crime cameras across the New Orleans metro area and that number is growing. Lagarde said crews are installing one to two systems every day.

Green Coast Enterprises is planning to install eight private crime cameras near Broad and Washington, the site of several homicides in the past two years. And other businesses plan to do the same.

"The more cameras we can get in here, the best coverage we can have and the more protected we can be," Mast said.

Harrah's Casino gives out grants annually to each New Orleans City Council district. Some of the money this year will help offset the cost of installing crime cameras in different crime hotspots.

Project NOLA recently ran a special donation drive in an effort to assist residents in the immediate area of the Mother's Day mass shootings on Frenchmen Street.

"Between our normal corporate match, donations and the money raised via Indiegogo, we were able to bring the cost of each Project NOLA crime camera kit down to only $19," Lagarde said.

THEMSELVES TO HELP FIGHT CRIME... INSTALLING CRIME CAMERAS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CRESCENT CITY. BUT IT COMES AT A COST. TONIGHT W-D-S-U ANCHOR RACHEL WULFF TELLS US HOW ONE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE. 5271 7:46:36 the yellow house.. You'll see it .. RYAN MAST MOVED TO BROADMOOR THREE MONTHS AGO.. 7:42:50 one of the reasons we wanted to move here to broadmoor is because of all the community engagement 54 MAST WANTS TO PUT CAMERAS ON HIS NEW HOME -- AND HE'S ALREADY PLUGGED INTO AN INITIATIVE THAT WOULD HELP MAKE THAT MOVE MORE AFFORDABLE. 7:43:51 we recognize.. That even at the discounted rate of around $450 total.. it's going to be out of reach for a lot of the neighbors..so what we wanted to do was find a way to sort of reduce that cost. 7:44:02 THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS TRYING TO RAISE 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WOULD HELP PAY FOR 100 RESIDENTIAL CAMERAS.,WHICH WOULD BE MONITORED BY PROJECT NOLA... AN ANTI-CRIME GROUP. DIRECTOR BRYAN LAGARDE SAYS THE CAMERAS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE. 7:33:10 when we see people as well as you're seeing me now--you can't say you weren't there. 15 when we have video of you there.. Doing the bad thing 18 LAGARDE SAYS PROJECT NOLA IS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH POLICE.. 7:35:30 I got a white pontiac grand-prix .AND IT MONITORS SCANNER ACTIVITY. 7:36:31and when something bad happens ..we're able to provide real time supplemental information by pulling up the cameras in that particular neighborhood.. Looking for the perpetrator that they're looking for and let them know additional info. 41 7:41:33 project nola operates about 420 crime cameras across the new orleans metro area.. 7:40:01And that number is growing.. .they say they are installing one to two systems every day. LOCAL DEVELOPER GREEN COAST ENTERPRISES IS PLANNING TO INSTALL EIGHT PRIVATE CRIME CAMERAS NEAR BROAD AND WASHINGTON... THE SITE OF SEVERAL HOMICIDES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. AND OTHER BUSINESSES PLAN TO DO THE SAME. 7:44:48 the more cameras we can get in here.. The best coverage we can have and the more protected we can be. 50 EYES IN THE SKY THAT HELP NEIGHBORS FEEL AT EASE. ON YOUR SIDE IN BROADMOOR, RACHEL WULFF WDSU NEWS. HARRAH'S CASINO GIVES OUT GRANTS ANNUALLY TO EACH NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. SOME OF THAT MONEY THIS YEAR WILL HELP OFFSET THE COST OF INSTALLING CRIME CAMERAS IN DIFFERENT CRIME 'HOT SPOTS.'

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